⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hawks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hawks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 37 from three
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 41
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 3:34 · ATL 25-25 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 1:49 · ATL 100-100 OKC
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q4 8:59 · ATL 121-109 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 62% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 36 | Assists | 22 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 40 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 16 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
